Tag: media studies

  • Disinformation and Education – Social Media and AI

    Disinformation and Education – Social Media and AI

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Disinformation and misinformation work for a very simple reason. People who did not study history, and do not follow current affairs do not have the background information to spot what is true from what is untrue. They are unable to use history’s lessons to see the warning signs and act accordingly.…

  • The Contrast Between French and Swiss News

    The Contrast Between French and Swiss News

    Reading Time: 2 minutes As I struggled to find a neutral topic to write about I noticed the distinct difference between how the French and the Swiss media are speaking about the fifth wave. The swiss say that it is “pre-occupying” and that it “has won the French speaking part of Switzerland” and “no long…

  • The Blogosphere Is Finished with University. Here’s Proof.

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is some evidence to demonstrate that I am not the only one to have finished university and there are a lot of really happy people around. I’ve been so lazy for the past two days because I can. Nothing is hanging over me anymore so I’m taking advantage of…

  • The Post Dissertation Was Great Fun But Now It’s Time To Get Out

    Reading Time: < 1 minute I’m really happy to be done with university after three years where I was forced to be in one country rather than another but it’s time to get out of Harrow. On Wednesday night we were all at the SU bar celebrating the end of the course from 2pm till…

  • My Dissertation Is Finished, Handed In.

    Reading Time: < 1 minute My dissertation had been finished and ready to print since yesterday afternoon but it’s today that i finally printed out the entire document for handing in to the university for assesment. it’s 10,800 words for some of the most highly produced work I have ever done. It feels good to…

  • A Writer Can Expect To Revise His Work Over A Hundred Times

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Those words were magic, a writer can expect to review his work over a hundred times. That so many times. Can you imagine going through something one hundred times? By the end, you’re going to go mad. Actually, when I’m working on video it’s not unusual for me to watch the…

  • On the Re-Write

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve been talking to a lot of people and there is hardly anyone that seems to take the re-write seriously. Most people see the writing phase as the end of the work. There’s a secret I’ve been hiding for some time now. Re-writing gave me a twenty percent boost in grades.…

  • Last Three Steps Before Handing In My Dissertation

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Being at the stage I’m at, and having discussed the work with the tutor there are three things I must make sure to do before handing in the work. The first task is uniformity. I need to go through two or three sections and make sure that I tie them…

  • I’m Almost Done With Uni

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m almost done with uni but it’s so hard. I’ve been working on and off on three projects now for at least three weeks and I’ve spent so much time on these projects that today I finally met my saturation point so I left the computer behind and dropped down to…

  • Saw The Film Shooter And Really Enjoyed it

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Last night I was feeling good about how my dissertation was going so I got my shoes on and walked to the cinema, feeling good about what I had achieved in the day. I went from my dissertation being a collection of words on the computer to it being printed…